Melaleuca laetifica

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records47

Data sources4

Biological traits16

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Melaleuca laetifica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility47 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources16 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF47 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca laetifica is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the west coast of Western Australia. It has unusual warty, hairy leaves and heads of bright yellow flowers in spring. It is one of the brightest yellow flowering melaleucas and deserves a place in gardens in semi-dry to temperate areas.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology1

Seed mass1.72 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnnnnnnynn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type47 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered44

Cultivated / captive2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO56 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy37% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 8≤10 km 19

30 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence44

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the mapnot free-living2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 12 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	16
Canberra, AU	12
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	4
BGPAlocation not on record	2
Cambridge, US	1
Paris, FR	1
Claremont, US	1
Brisbane, AU	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
Armidale, AU	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Auckland, NZ	1

12 institutions · 42 of 44 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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